Let me tell you a story.
Nearly one year ago I got out of a rocky and stressful relationship. I knew it was for the best, but it's never easy to break up with someone you've spent a year with and whom you consider be one of your very close friends. Needless to say, I wasn't the happiest I've been, despite knowing I was doing the right thing. Then a few days following the break up, I began talking to someone I hadn't talked to in a while. He was a charming, funny, sweet and caring guy and he was the only one that could bring a true smile to my face that week. Rather quickly, my spirits brightened and I began to feel that fluttering in my stomach every time I'd see a text from him on my phone. However, that was all I saw for a few days...just texts. But boy, were there a lot of them. Finally, that weekend, he asked me on a date and I was elated. So, a year ago yesterday I went on my (second) first date with Kameron Thomas Kasparian. (We'd gone on a date about a year before that...hence the second first date.)
I can't believe it's been a year since that date! I was so nervous and excited to actually spend time with him rather than text him. It was General Conference weekend, so he came straight from the Priesthood session to Jordan Commons theater where we watched The King's Speech (PG-13 version) and got Slurpees after. And now he's my husband!
Naturally, we had to celebrate a little yesterday. We decided to get dinner and see a movie at Jordan Commons. We ate at a Japanese steakhouse called Bonsai (delicious and awesome) and then went to the theater to watch Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. It was a good movie! I enjoyed it. It seemed a little long, but I can always use a little Ewan McGregor. It was kind of fun to be in the same theater where exactly a year prior I held Kameron's hand for the first time.
Those butterflies in the first stages of a relationship are priceless and so fun, but I would never trade them for what I have today. Marriage is awesome and rewarding and fun and so much more. Yay marriage! :)
Now, I hear the ice cream truck, so I'm going to be five again. Wish me luck.
